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- Trincomalee areaTotal "7.5".
- Trincomalee abstract "Trincomalee (Tamil: திருகோணமலை Tirukōṇamalai, Sinhala: තිරිකුණාමළය Trikuṇāmalaya) is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Located on the east coast of the island overlooking the Trincomalee Harbour, 113 miles south of Jaffna and 69 miles north of Batticaloa, Trincomalee has been one of the main centres of Tamil language speaking culture on the island for over two millennia. With a population of 99,135, the city is built on a peninsula of the same name, which divides its inner and outer harbours. People from Trincomalee are known as Trincomalians and the local authority is Trincomalee Urban Council. Trincomalee city is home to the famous Koneswaram temple alluded to in its historic Tamil name Thirukonamalai and is home to other historical monuments such as the Bhadrakali Amman Temple, Trincomalee, the Trincomalee Hindu Cultural Hall and, opened in 1897, the Trincomalee Hindu College. Trincomalee is also the site of the Trincomalee railway station and an ancient ferry service to Jaffna and the south side of the harbour at Muttur.The recorded history of Trincomalee spans more than two and a half thousand years beginning with civilian settlement associated with the Koneswaram temple in the pre-modern era. One of the oldest cities in Asia, it has served as a major maritime seaport in the international trading history of the island with South East Asia. In the ancient world, it was successively the capital of eastern kingdoms of the Vanni country, developing under the Pallava Dynasty, Chola Dynasty, Pandyan Dynasty, the Vannimai chieftancies and the Jaffna kingdom through the Koneswaram shrine's revenue. Trincomalee's urbanization continued when made into a fortified port town following the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom, changing hands between the Danish in 1620, the Dutch, the French following a battle of the American Revolutionary War and the British in 1795, being absorbed into the British Ceylon state in 1815. The city's architecture shows some of the best examples of interaction between native and European styles. Attacked by the Japanese as part of the Indian Ocean raid during World War II in 1942, the city and district were affected after Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948, when the political relationship between Tamil and Sinhalese people deteriorated, erupting into civil war. It is home to major naval and air force bases at the Trincomalee Garrison. The city also has the largest Dutch fort on the island.The Trincomalee Bay Harbour, bridged by the Mahavilli Ganga River to the south is referred to as "Gokarna" in Sanskrit, meaning "Cow's Ear", akin to several areas of Siva worship across the Indian subcontinent. Its sacred status to the Hindus has led to the city being declared "Dakshina-Then Kailasam" or "Mount Kailash of the South" and the "Rome of the Pagans of the Orient." The harbour is renowned for its large size and security; unlike any other in the Indian Ocean, it is accessible in all weathers to all craft. It has been described as the "finest harbour in the world" and by the British, "the most valuable colonial possession on the globe, as giving to our Indian Empire a security which it had not enjoyed from elsewhere." Popular tourist destinations include its beaches at Uppuveli, Salli and Nilaveli, used for temple visits, surfing, scuba diving, fishing and whale watching, and the Kanniya Hot Springs. Trincomalee is served by a campus of the Eastern University, Sri Lanka and has been the inspiration of both domestic and international poetry, films, music and literature for many centuries.".
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- Trincomalee country Sri_Lanka.
- Trincomalee elevation "8.0".
- Trincomalee governmentType Trincomalee_Urban_Council.
- Trincomalee isPartOf Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka.
- Trincomalee isPartOf Trincomalee_District.
- Trincomalee leaderParty Tamil_National_Alliance.
- Trincomalee leaderTitle "Chairman".
- Trincomalee populationTotal "99135".
- Trincomalee thumbnail Sri_Lanka-Trincomalee-Bucht.JPG?width=300.
- Trincomalee timeZone Time_zone.
- Trincomalee type City.
- Trincomalee utcOffset "+5:30".
- Trincomalee utcOffset "+6".
- Trincomalee wikiPageExternalLink jat.edu.lk.
- Trincomalee wikiPageExternalLink trincomalee.php.
- Trincomalee wikiPageExternalLink index.php.
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- Trincomalee wikiPageRevisionID "603698856".
- Trincomalee align "left".
- Trincomalee alt "1502".
- Trincomalee alt "1562".
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- Trincomalee aprLowC "25.8".
- Trincomalee aprMeanC "29.4".
- Trincomalee aprPrecipitationMm "50".
- Trincomalee aprRecordHighC "38.6".
- Trincomalee aprRecordLowC "21.1".
- Trincomalee areaTotalKm "7.5".
- Trincomalee augHighC "34.2".
- Trincomalee augLowC "25.5".
- Trincomalee augMeanC "29.9".
- Trincomalee augPrecipitationMm "89".
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- Trincomalee augRecordLowC "21.5".
- Trincomalee caption "Cantino map of 1502, showing three Tamil towns on east coast, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee and Pannoam.".
- Trincomalee caption "Ptolemy's map of Taprobana of 140 CE in a 1562 Ruscelli publication. From the Shiva footprint of Ulipada of Malea mountains rises three rivers, including the Mavillie-Gangai whose tributary Barraces river's estuary into the Indian Ocean is just south of Bocana where the temple is illustrated. Just above, both cartographers mention Abaratha Ratchagar, another name of Lord Shiva – a temple with this name is also found in Aduthurai, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, near the early Chola capital.".
- Trincomalee coordinatesRegion "LK".
- Trincomalee date "August 2010".
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- Trincomalee decPrecipitationMm "341".
- Trincomalee decRecordHighC "31.6".
- Trincomalee decRecordLowC "20.1".
- Trincomalee direction "vertical".
- Trincomalee elevationM "8".
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- Trincomalee febMeanC "26.9".
- Trincomalee febPrecipitationMm "100".
- Trincomalee febRecordHighC "34".
- Trincomalee febRecordLowC "20.2".
- Trincomalee footerAlign "center".
- Trincomalee footerBackground "#BBDD99".
- Trincomalee governmentType Trincomalee_Urban_Council.
- Trincomalee hasPhotoCollection Trincomalee.
- Trincomalee header "Early maps of Trincomalee".
- Trincomalee image "Map1502cantino-eelam.jpg".
- Trincomalee image "Ruscelli-map-1562 Tamil vanni country.jpg".
- Trincomalee imageMap "Trincomalee District A3.png".
- Trincomalee imageSkyline "Sri Lanka-Trincomalee-Bucht.JPG".
- Trincomalee janHighC "27.9".
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- Trincomalee latd "8".
- Trincomalee latm "34".
- Trincomalee latns "N".
- Trincomalee lats "0".
- Trincomalee leaderName "Kanthasamy Selvarajah".
- Trincomalee leaderParty Tamil_National_Alliance.
- Trincomalee leaderTitle "Chairman".
- Trincomalee location "Trincomalee".
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- Trincomalee longew "E".
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